8/30/20 Through 9/5/20

 8/30/20 Through 9/5/20

Sunday

Totally devoted in everything we do

Word of God promoted, by those in love with You.

In suffering and sorrow, His holy will fulfilled,

For rising on the morrow, to love pure and distilled.

 

The way of love averted, by those of earthly mind.

Passion thus deserted, and way of love declined.

Be not as Satan minded, as all bound to the earth.

Be not the sinner blinded, but one who knows his worth.

 

A call beyond all knowing, to every sinful man.

Grace the Lord bestowing, to live within His plan.

The beauty of the body, was made for eyes of love.

For not displaying shoddy, but respecting all thereof.

 

Monday

Rebuke the demons of this day

Which heart and mind attempt to sway.

That love of money, wealth, and greed,

The beast insatiable we feed.

 

The eyes of lust that search each day

For beauty as polluted prey.

The air of pride that makes us king,

And thinks us lord of everything.

 

The gluttony and sloth that blind

To suffering and want we find,

Or anger that can rule the day

When simple things don’t go our way.

 

Cast out those demons one and all,

Protect me from a fatal fall.

Make love the spirit of each day,

And make me one with You I pray.

 

Tuesday

One thing alone worth knowing well

The thing of which the Gospels tell.

That God Himself became a man

To rescue, and reveal His plan.

 

That man would see in God alone

The life He gave ’fore sin was known.

Such beauty and such power there

Where love alone’s the daily fare.

 

 

Don’t miss a thing He has for you,

But love your God, and neighbor too.

Then where the humble, meek, and true

Are found is life, alive and new.

 

Wednesday

What is it that you’re looking for,

Just good advice, or maybe more.

Some way to nourish well and feed,

Or just some way to meet a need?

 

His word provides the needed food,

But far too many souls are wooed

By junk that cannot satisfy,

And fail to ever, scripture try.

 

A feast awaits the humble man

Who hears and acts upon His plan.

Each day anew the table’s spread

With rich and juicy foods we’re fed.

 

But lust indulged will starve the soul.

No man on milk can be made whole.

But solid food will nourish well,

And nagging hunger pangs expel.

 

Thursday

Now “Duc in altum!” is the call

To every Christian, great or small.

In shallow waters hear the word,

But in the deep let faith be stirred.

 

Be not afraid to do His will,

His love is everlasting still.

In every situation here

He calls the sinner to draw near.

 

To see their role as fisherman,

And follow in the Master’s plan.

To spread the word and gather men

Then put out in the deep again.

 

Friday

Fasting well restores the soul

And helps to make the sinner whole.

Reminding man that man is dust,

That man, in God, must place his trust.

 

For all is gift bestowed in love,

And all a blessing from above.

The fasting helps us realize

Just how we look to perfect eyes.

 

The need is great to be like Him,

And overcome our sordid sin.

The hunger helps reveal our need,

And eyes of truthfulness to feed.

 

Saturday

What willingly would I endure?

Would I be reckoned with the poor?

Would I be slandered, mocked, and shamed,

To be a faithful Christian named?

 

The answer I don’t know for sure.

Could I, the vital grace, secure?

In courage acting thereupon,

And thus, to greater love be drawn?

 

I pray the answer’s yes, my Lord.

For nothing less could I afford.

My heart would break to see denied,

The One, for me, they crucified.